BOSTON (AP) — The Massachusetts attorney general is seeking a nearly $10 million in fines from electric utility NStar for what she calls “inadequate” responses to two major storms last year that left hundreds of thousands of customers without power, some for days. 256 more words

HADLEY- As steam billows out and over the top of the evaporating room at the North Hadley Sugar Shack, brothers Joe and John Boisvert begin the process of producing pure maple syrup for hungry customers in their adjacent breakfast restaurant as well as those looking to buy it all across the country. 443 more words

WESTFORD (CBS) – Schools in the town of Westford may be hoping the snowfall doesn’t add up to another snow day. The school district used up all their snow days when it was hit by Hurricane Irene, and then the freak October snowstorm. 103 more words

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) _ Customers of Connecticut Light & Power, the state’s largest electric utility, are running out of time to apply for a credit to help compensate them for lengthy power outages following the freak October snowstorm. 96 more words